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Show business Kise In Utah -:v Measured ly Sales Tax rvg-vss t!u' l,"-uu'ss x'very j , P1'..g fee la--t four eavs Is accur-Vjj accur-Vjj ''''"vV'ec'cd by the figures on I! sas tax collections. 1 "'"la tl'.c m:cr of ls33 t l-ix 1 .,'vv'ts lssext h' l! icgu'.ar legts-' legts-' 1 ?.7,u.' ses'.oa which Just about ! "-'-W t"p ':'i,!,;'-1 k,f t!u' ''Pi'cs.--ion. j i ?.r.vt was to ptvHKie rcenue i : n-'.-.c-f of the destitute. s ' In f'o fust fiscal ear the sales t ,'. ,.ttAS m ettect Only 1. 1W3 to so. unu-it yielded revenue I i to Jl.T.ul.s-Vvoii. In tho ," : ..."If.- fiscal year it is expected . , i mV tax collections will ox- T'-- ii'.:'fc:v:ice betuoou these two ' : .-.irt's el.vs IV. represent pu-.e busi- g.ua. Wv.iuse other factors en-" en-" fcr instance, the fust sales tax vv three-tourth-s of one per lt,..: This renumed in effect until social session of August, UK3. """"'" irortis;xi it to 2 per cent where ls fci fiace re:v.auui. i In addition o gain in retail bus-I T tifss two things serve to boost the -4 cum": year's collections. The first oi these is the use tax and the seo-' seo-' o-si the use of sales tax tokens. The 1 ) ui M U 3 con: :v' imposed oa tvn-.TAii:ies purchased outside I : -'- state for use liiside the state, j ; The Ux commission believes the use of tokens in collecting the exast aeun; of the tax on small pur-jiises pur-jiises is augmenting revenue some- j la the first quarter of the cur- j : rent fiscal yeir July 1 to Sep-j ' tu " tenber 3C sjles and use Ux collec- I , toes amounted to $993,9131. as cccoared with sales tax collections C , - is corresponding period of Last lX ' yes.-. SSo6.749.01. -- gir.ee the heaviest collections come in January, when sales taxes are rT--.. paid on Christmas business done in ttl." Desmber, it is likely the current - collectisns will be well above y M.KJ 000 mark, rj The tax collections in all the fis-11 fis-11 '. cal years since the law went into effect were as follows: July 1, 1933 to J-une 30. 1934 ($!.T30i25.C5. J-uly 1. 1931 to June 30, 1935 : C496.C97.il. July 1, 1935 to June 3D, 1935 C966.855.29. July 1. 1935 to June 3D. 1937 $3,411,5555. : ' According to reports at the pres-r-i f. t-s:e m05: " M-es tax rev--enue is going fcr social security, -while . . K3e is being used for direct relief jizr.. and the state building program. The . administration of old age assistance req-jires more money than any other phase of public relief. |